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>'Small minority' is not a tautology, but it is still wrong. 'Smaller minority' is no exception either( take note OP). Small and smaller are both adjectives, and small is greater than smaller.
'Why is it wrong?' You ask. Well simple.
By saying 'small minority,' you are implying that there's such a thing as 'big minority,' and by saying 'smaller minority,' you're also implying that there's such a thing as 'small minority.' A more appropriate term would be ' a minority inside what is already a minority.'
There is either a majority or a minority - no such thing as 'big majority' or 'small minority.' So in a minority, you could have a majority and another minority, not a small minority - just as you do in a majority.
This is exactly why I think the OP was being a tad pedantic, and that became justified the moment she said it should be 'smaller minority,' instead of 'small minority,' when in truth, it should be neither. Its just outright crap (sorry)!

Jesus christ. Just browsing those recent replies is like watching retards bicker over word usage in the most arbitrary and pointless way. this is painful.

>>9077097
Ok. I've noticed a few tautologies commonly used here and I'm gonna post them. Feel free to post those you've noticed too.
First, a grammatical tautology is when you repeat an idea within a particular sentence or phrase, giving the impression you are providing additional information.. For example, she woke up at 4.am in the morning. Am signifies morning, why bother?
Here we go
1.Very beginning. The word very is redundant in the phrase

2.Small minority Politics section, A place is regarded as minority because it's small.

3. Personal belongings. All belongings are personal, unless they've been stolen from a public place

4.PIN number Please don't ask anybody for their pin and still say number. The initial 'n' in the acronym PIN stands for number.

5.Honest truth A truth is either true or it isn't. Unless it's a politician speaking.

6.Past experiences All experiences are past. All those thread starters saying 'please share your past experience', take note.

7.Old adage Please, there's a reason it's called adage and it's because it's old

8.Live recording. Damn. All recordings are live. Music and celebrity section please.

9.Safe haven. Literature gurus, Is there such thing as unsafe haven? Havens are by their definitions safe places.

10.First time ever. It's either your first time or it isn't. Decide!

11.General public. This is the most common. All those news being addressed to the general public, unless you're treating certain members of the public as special, all members of the public are general.

12.In one way or another. If it's not true in one way, then it's not freaking true. How can something be true in both ways?

13.Exact same/ exactly the same. The word exact is redundant in this phrase

>Kurupt01: @ Op you're so right on point....
>another tautology!!!!!she is right or she is on point are the right phrase to use!!!!!nothing like right on point!!!that is very wrong

>>9077089

Whatever about minority majority? Certainly some minorities are greater than others.

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>clap your hand
>sit down
>rise up
>bend down
>reverse back
>climb up

What the hell is wrong with a small minority? It's a descriptive term because a minority could contain anywhere from 0.000...1 up to 49.999...% of the members of the reference group.
Didn't you put a minimum minimorum of critical thought in this post, OP?

Is there anything worse than prescriptivism?

>>9077126

>implying you can't climb down a ladder

>>9077286
Ever read a physics textbook?

>>9077286
or sit up